Tonight is the Night

This is it folks: August 7, 2006. We received an email this morning from the AG confirming that we have financial clearance. We are planning to fly out tonight at 6:00pm; we're flying standby though so please pray that we make it on the flight. Also, Tony and Yvonne called and said that our boxes have arrived (everything we shipped that didn't fit in suitcases)! That is very good news!!

We will be taking lots of pictures along the way and posting them as fast as we can! This weekend in DC was truly absolutely awesome...great time with the small groups on Friday, lots of family time on Saturday with the DC Schmidgall clan plus a great service that night with Zeb Mengistu as the speaker! Sunday attended a great service at NCC and soaked up more time with family at a Mengistu/Batterson/Schmidgall lunch.

Ed and Judy are with us and will see us off tonight; our final (very bittersweet) farewell! The Lord has provided for us every step along this journey; we're trusting in His continued provision and pray for safe travels.

Arrival time: Edinburgh 12:00pm August 8, 2006